THE CASTELLA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Eastern Klamath Low Elevation Forests setting.
Castella CDP has 1.12 square miles of land in Shasta County. Its Census reference point is in Eastern Klamath Low Elevation Forests, within Klamath Mountains/California High North Coast Range.
Dissected ridges, valleys and foothills combine varied rock types with diverse conifer and hardwood forests. The Klamath and Siskiyou ranges differ geologically from the volcanic Cascades to the east.
Regional context: Klamath Mountains/California High North Coast Range ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Castella and Shasta County
Castella is associated with Shasta County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Castella by land and water
The Census records 0.07 square miles of water within Castella, or 5.6% of its total area. It is 3.8 percentage points higher than the 1.9% recorded for Shasta County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Castella CDP has 69.8% of the land area of nearby Dunsmuir city (1.6 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

